Unit
6 Many years ago…
Lesson 1 They lived many years ago
1 Read the encyclopedia entries and answer
the questions. See Grammar support 9.
1
2
3
4
Which animal can you see in the zoo?
Which animal can you see only in a book?
Which animal lives now?
Which animal lived many years ago?
LOOK
Many years ago
10,000 years ago — ten thousand years ago
Woolly rhinoceros
The woolly rhinoceros lived in Siberia over ten thousand years
ago and was a huge dangerous animal about two metres high.
It was up to four metres long. It was a plant eater. It lived at
the same time as early man, who hunted and ate it.
A
Rhinoceros
The rhinoceros lives in Africa and Asia. It is a large animal with
a very thick grey skin and one or two horns. It cannot see well
but can hear very well. It eats leaves and grass. People hunt it
for the meat and horns. It is an unfriendly animal. It is also an
endagered animal.
B
2a Listen to the guide and put the pictures in the same order as the guide talks
about the animals.
С
Mammoth
D
Sabre-toothed tiger
2b Read and choose the right words to complete the Museum web page.
The Prehistoric Animal Museum
The Prehistoric Animal Museum
Earth before Time
During the last Ice Age, there were many (1) small / large animals, like the sabre-toothed
cats, woolly rhinos, and mammoths. These animals disappeared about (2) ten thousand /
million years ago.
Mammoths were (3) plant eaters / meat eaters and had a long (4) tail / nose, and long
(5) tusks / ears.
The sabre-toothed tiger was a (6) friendly / dangerous animal. It was a (7) meat eater /
plant eater, of course.
Archaeologists think that mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers lived long (8) after / before
dinosaurs.
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UNIT 6 Lesson 1
2c Listen to the guide again and check your
answers in Ex. 2b.
3 Study the two LOOK boxes and answer these
questions. See Grammar support 11.
1 What time are we talking about?
2 Why do we use it?
3 Why do we use they?
LOOK
The sabre-toothed tiger was a large animal.
It was a dangerous animal.
Sabre-toothed tigers were large animals.
They were dangerous animals.
4 Fill in the entries for the exhibits in the museum with
they were and it was.
Mammoth
Mammoths lived between 2 million years
ago and 9,000 years ago. The mammoths
could live in very cold weather.
(1) … … huge and hairy animals.
(2) … … dangerous animals with long tusks.
(3) … … plant eaters.
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in Europe. (4) … …
South Americas and
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buffaloes.
5 Read the example and ask more questions about the
woolly rhinoceros and other animals.
Example: Was the woolly rhinoceros a big animal?
big
friendly
small
unfriendly
dangerous
frightening
huge large
6 Role play Welcome to the Prehistoric Animal Museum.
Pupil A: Choose a prehistoric animal and be a guide. Look at page 151.
Pupil B: You are a visitor. Ask the guide about the animal.
Look at page 153.
7 Write about a prehistoric animal.
• Use Ex. 1 as a model.
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UNIT 6 Lesson 2
Lesson 2 Native Americans
Russia
1a Read and answer the questions.
Alaska
1 Did the Native Americans hunt mammoths?
2 Do the have relatives in Siberia?
the Bering Sea
The first Native Americans travelled to North America from
Siberia during the Ice Age. Today Siberia is a part of Russia.
They travelled across the Bering Sea when there was dry land
between Alaska and Russia. Archaeologists know that the
Native American people had hundreds of different tribes that
could speak many different languages. They hunted and fished
and had many different customs (обычаи).
Christopher Columbus visited America in 1492. The Europeans who arrived later killed many Native Americans
and took their lands.
PACIFIC OCEAN
1b Match the words with the pictures.
4 teepee ['tp]
5 hunter ['hnt@]
6 fisherman ['fIS@m@n]
1 tribe [traIb]
2 buffalo ['bf@l@U]
3 smoke signal ['sm@Uk "sIgn@l]
1
2
2a Read the example in the LOOK box and answer
the questions. See Grammar support 13.
1 When was it? In the past or in the present? How do you know?
2 What happens to the word visit?
3 How do we make the past form of visit?
2b 3
LOOK
Ved
Christopher Columbus visited
America in 1492.
Listen and put the verbs into the right columns.
[t]
[d]
[Id]
used collected travelled hunted farmed killed visited fished lived played
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7 soldier ['s@UlI@]
8 farmer ['fm@]
9 horseman ['hsm@n]
UNIT 6 Lesson 2
3a Listen to the interview with a Native American and match
the tribes with the pictures in Ex. 1b.
A The Iroquois ['Ir@kw@]
B The Comanche [k@'m{ntSi]
C The Lenape [le'npeI]
North America
3b Listen to the interview again and answer the questions.
1
2
3
4
Was the Native Americans’ life easy or difficult? Why?
What did these Native Americans do really well?
Where did these Native Americans live? What did they hunt?
4 Read the examples in the LOOK box and answer the questions.
See Grammar support 13.
LOOK
Did they hunt dinosaurs?
No, they didn’t.
Did they visit America?
Yes, they did.
Card 1 for Pupil A
1 What is did?
2 What happens to the words visit and hunt in the question?
3 Can we have did and visited or hunted in the question?
5 Read the smoke signals and ask your partner about the tribe.
Example: Were they soldiers?
Did the Lake people collect plants and nuts?
Pupil A: Use these cards.
Pupil B: Go to page 152.
Card 2 for Pupil A
farm
play
horsemen
hunters
live
6 You came to America with Christopher Columbus.
Write a diary page about Native Americans.
December, 12
When we f irst saw them, we were very surprised.
They did a lot of exciting things. …
play ball hunt buffalo farm the land live in teepees
use smoke signals fishermen horsemen hunters
collect plants and nuts
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UNIT 6 Lesson 3
Lesson 3 On a dig
1a Look at the picture and say the names of the ancient countries.
Ancient Rome
2,000 years ago
Ancient Greece
2,500 years ago
Ancient China
3,000 years ago
Ancient Egypt
4,000 years ago
1b Read the names of the ancient peoples in the LOOK box and say
when they lived. See Grammar support 14.
2 Read the letter and answer the questions.
1 Where is Mark Brett?
2 Who is the letter about?
LOOK
Greece — the Greeks
Rome — the Romans
China — the Chinese
Egypt — the Egyptians
Dear Max and Victoria,
I’m on a dig in Greece. Last week I discovered a lot of interesting facts about
the ancient Greeks. They studied maths and astronomy.
They went to the theatre, like us. They built houses with central heating,
made wine and had parties. Athletes took part in the Olympic Games.
It’s all very interesting.
Where are you now? Write to me soon.
With best wishes,
Mark Brett
3a Find these words in the letter and fill in the second column.
go
went
build
make
have
take
3b Read the words in the Ex. 3a, listen and learn to say them.
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UNIT 6 Lesson 3
4 Read the examples in the LOOK box and answer the questions.
See Grammar support 13.
1
2
3
4
When was it? In the past or in the present? How do you know?
What happens to the word take when it is used in the past?
Does it take -ed at the end of the word?
What happens to the word take in the question?
LOOK
The ancient Greeks took part in
the Olympic Games.
Did the ancient Greeks take part
in the Olympic Games?
Yes, they did.
5 Read and ask the teacher for the information.
Example: Did the ancient Romans build
theatres?
1 the ancient Romans / have houses with
central heating?
2 the ancient Romans / make a lot of laws
(законы)?
3 the ancient Romans / go to see gladiators’
fights (бои гладиаторов)?
4 the ancient Romans / build good roads
(дороги)?
5 the ancient Romans / build public baths?
6 the ancient Romans / take part in the
Olympic Games?
7 the ancient Romans / go to the theatre?
8 the ancient Romans / have a strong army?
6 Write a letter to Mark Brett about the ancient
Romans or some other ancient civilisation.
Dear Mark,
I’m on a dig in…
Looking forward to seeing you.
Best wishes,
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UNIT 6 Lesson 4
Lesson 4 Ancient Sparta
1 Read and make pairs.
Example: run – ran
2a run swim think wear feel choose see thought chose saw felt ran swam wore
Listen to the radio programme and choose
a title for the story.
•
•
2b Soldiers of Sparta
A Strong Boy
Listen again and put the sentences in the correct order.
A
B
C
D
He chose the child and took him away.
The man thought the child could make a fine soldier.
He saw that the boy was strong.
The tall man felt the arms and legs of the boy.
3a Read the newspaper interview with Professor Harris and find the
answer to the question.
• Why were the Spartans the strongest soldiers in ancient Greece?
Q.:
So life in Sparta was different from life in other parts of ancient Greece?
Professor H.: Absolutely. Sparta was a difficult place to live. People didn’t have good
food and good clothes. In fact the Spartans couldn’t have gold or silver.
Q.:
And how did they teach their children?
Professor H.: Spartan soldiers chose boys and trained them a lot. The Spartan army
was very strong. But it was a hard life. The boys had only one tunic a
year. They had no baths, they could only wash in the river – which was
icy cold in winter.
Q.:
Did they have enough food?
Professor H.: The food was simple and poor and there wasn’t very much of it.
Q.:
So, it was a really hard life, wasn’t it?
Professor H.: It was. But they were great soldiers, strong and brave. We still use the
word Spartan today to describe someone who lives a very strict and
simple life.
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UNIT 6 Lesson 4
3b Complete the Professor’s table with 3 and 7.
1
train a lot to be soldiers
2
wear tunics
3
have a lot of food
4
have baths
5
swim in the icy river
Boys in ancient Sparta
Modern children
3
7
4 Read the examples in the LOOK box and explain the rules.
LOOK
Boys in ancient Sparta trained a lot to be soldiers.
Modern children don’t train to be soldiers.
Boys in ancient Sparta didn’t have a lot of food.
Modern children have a lot of food.
5a Look at the Professor’s table in Ex. 3b and say what modern children do / don’t do.
Example: Modern children don’t train a lot to be soldiers.
Modern children have a lot of food.
5b Look at the Professor’s table in Ex. 3b and say what boys in ancient Sparta did /
didn’t do.
Example: Boys in ancient Sparta trained a lot to be soldiers. Boys in ancient Sparta
didn’t have a lot of food.
6 Look at the cartoon strip and find what is wrong.
Example: The ancient Spartans didn’t have a lot of good food.
1
2
3
4
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UNIT 6 Lesson 5
Lesson 5 Meet the great
1a Read the words in the LOOK box and explain the rule.
LOOK
1b Write the past form of the verbs, explain the rule.
play + ed = played
use + ed = used
stop + ed = stopped
study + ed = studied
use collect hunt farm kill fish live
play study train like visit travel
2 Look at the screens at the Interactive History Exhibition,
listen to the computer and answer.
become a king live in a palace train to be a soldier study history
build new cities make a lot of ships organise a strong army
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3a Look at the pictures and find the objects from the box below.
I аm the king!
A
B
Prince Peter was always a leader. He was a big,
strong boy. His friends knew that one day he’d
be King of Russia, so they did what he told them.
Peter liked games very much. He played soldiers
with his friends. Because he was a prince, he
could use real guns!
toy guns real guns soldiers prince castles
C
The prince didn’t make castles out of boxes, or use toy ones. He had a real
castle where he could play.
3b Look at the pictures again, read the cartoon stories and find a mistake in each picture.
Example: There is a mistake in the picture because … .
4 Complete the history book.
Alexander the Great (1) … (be) the son of Kin
g Philip of Macedonia.
Alexander (2) … (live) in a beauti
ful palace. He (3) … (train) to be
a soldier, like his father. He (4)
… (study) the history of wars.
Alexander (5) … (be) very strong
and brave. He (6) … (play)
soldiers with his friends and (7)
… (swim) in the river. Also
Alexander (8) … (like) horses ver
y much. His favourite horse (9) …
(be) Bucephalus.
King Alexander (10) … (be) a gre
at soldier.
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UNIT 6 Lesson 6
Lesson 6 Time travel
1 You are going to be time travellers and visit different times and places
in a Time Machine.
up groups of four
• Make
• Read the role cards and choose your roles
Role
Role card
card 11
Navigator
You are the navigator in your team. Your job is to collect information about the time.
Role
Role card
card 22
Archaeologist
You are the archaeologist in your team. Your job is to collect information about the
place.
Role
Role card
card 44
Role
Role card
card 33
Captain
You are the Captain in your team. Your job
is to help the other members of the team
collect the information and to write the
report for the Time Travel Centre.
Historian
You are the historian in your team. Your job is to collect information about the
people who lived in the place.
2 Listen to the Time Travel Centre, look at the time line and find out where your team is.
TIME LINE
2,500 years ago
2,330 years ago
2,000 years ago
500 years ago
300 years ago
3 Read the questions and find the answers in Lessons 1–5 in this unit.
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the Historian:
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1 Who lived th
people do?
2 What did the
people make?
3 What did the
people build?
4 What did the
people have?
5 What did the
Task for the Captain
Prepare a report for the Tim
See Ex. 4.
e Travel Centre.
UNIT 6 Lesson 6
4 Report in your teams and help the Captain to fill in the chart.
Time
Place
People
•live in
•can
•build
•make
•have
Your choice
5 Report to the Time Travel Centre and complete the big chart.
6 Decide which teams:
Collected a lot of
facts
Made an
interesting report
Spoke good
English
7 Complete the captain’s logbook about your travels.
… year
the time
s ago.
in
We were
in … .
We were
saw … .
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UNIT 6 Lesson 7
Lesson 7 Progress page
1a Listen and choose who the programme
is about.
45–50
40–44
35–39
< 35
Very good
Good
OK
Look again
1b Listen again and tick what is mentioned.
They:
a) built baths
b) had a strong army
c) took part in wars
d) went to the theatre
A the ancient Greeks
B the ancient Romans
Score __ / 4
Score __ / 8
2 Write the time.
▲
♥
2,500 years R
1,300 years 1,000 years 400 years
Example: ☺— 300 years ago.
R …
♥ …
…
▲ …
☺ 300 years ago
Time Line
Score __ / 4
Score __ / 4
3 Put the verbs into the right columns.
[t]
[d]
[Id]
used collected hunted farmed killed visited fished travelled lived played
Score __ / 10
4 Name the people who lived in the place.
Example: ancient Greece — the Greeks
a) ancient Rome
b) ancient Sparta
c) ancient Egypt
d) ancient China
5 Write questions for these answers.
Example:
A:Yes, it did. The woolly rhinoceros lived in
Siberia about 10,000 years ago.
Q:Did it live in Siberia?
1 A: Yes, they were. Sabre-toothed tigers were
dangerous animals.
2 A: Yes, they did. The ancient Greeks studied
maths and astronomy.
3 A: Yes, he did. Alexander the Great lived
about 2,330 years ago. 4 A: Yes, he was. Peter the Great was about 2 metres tall.
5 A: Yes, they did. Boys in ancient Sparta
swam in the icy river.
Score __ 10
6 Write five sentences for a history book.
Choose the topic you like best.
animals of the Ice Age
• the
the
Greeks
• the ancient
Native
Americans
• the ancient Romans
• Peter the Great
•
Score __ 10
Total __ / 50
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UNIT 6 Lesson 8
Lesson 8 Project
Let’s be archaeologists
1 Prepare at home.
1
2
3
or
4
Choose a time and a place to go on a dig.
Collect information and pictures.
Draw a map of the place.
Draw pictures of what you found there: people, animals, houses, other things from the past.
5 Think what you can say about them.
2 In your group.
1 Talk about your findings (находки).
2 Write your group page for a history book with a map, a time line, pictures and a text.
3 Prepare five questions about your time and place for the other groups.
4 Put your page on the board or on the wall.
5 Talk about your findings and ask your questions.
6 Listen to the other groups and answer their questions.
3 Did you answer most of the questions right?
• If yes, you get an Archaeology Certificate.
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